TRANSPORT Smart Class, Midlands 2020

Fazeley Studios is located on Fazeley Street and the corner of Floodgate Street, just ¼ mile from Birmingham City Centre. New Street Station and Moor Street Station are both within easy walking distance. Free on street parking is available close to the venue. A minute’s walk from Fazeley Studios is Fazeley Street car park where delegates can park for just £2.80 all day. For more details on making your way to the venue, click here.

On 5th March 2020 we will be casting a spotlight over Central England, hosting our speakers discussions on how the latest digital innovations can help overcome the transport and mobility challenges faced by the burgeoning city-regions of the West and East Midlands (incl. Birmingham, Coventry, Derby, Leicester, Nottingham, Stoke-on-Trent, Wolverhampton, Northampton, MK, Oxford etc), and beyond. Delegates will hear from industry movers, shapers and disruptors during initial rapid-fire thought leadership presentations, before moving on to in-depth consultations with experts and peers during the roundtable discussions. In addition, this Smart Class will feature up to 3 keynote presentations from ITAs, PTEs, major transport operators, agencies or local/combined authorities giving real world insight into their collaborative initiatives, digital journeys and adoptions of emerging, transformative technologies. This half day interactive event is free to attend for bona fide delegates satisfying our registration criteria.

“A really worthwhile event to attend, a very valuable use of my time and a really good mix of delegates in terms of public/private organisations and transport authorities and operators”Head of Intelligent Transport Systems, Highways England

“A valuable learning opportunity, very interesting and enjoyable, and all the roundtables were insightful. I learned a great deal from the day and came away with some great ideas to research and chase up”Transport Manager, Derbyshire Community Transport, HCT Group

“Excellent event, very informative and easy to delve into each area further”Public Transport Operations Team Leader, Nottingham City Council

“Great opportunity to see real examples of tech in use and ask the daft questions – Very enjoyable”Head of Strategic Infrastructure and Economy, Worcestershire County Council

“Well organised, great location and good brand of delegates” Contract Manager, Birmingham City Council

“Love the structure of 10 minute talks – gets rid of the uninteresting info and keeps the attention – then the opportunity to speak with them all afterwards. Excellent event”Parking & Traffic Control Management, Warwickshire County Council

“I attend a fair few industry events as you might expect and this was certainly one of the best ones I’ve been to”Head of Commercial Management, Railway Operations, HS2

“I found the afternoon very helpful; a carefully curated audience, very well managed, and a warm friendly organisation to work with”Ex-Head of Digital Transformation & Transport Data Policy, Department for Transport

Speakers

“Improving the Use of Data in Transport” – The increasing availability of data, combined with digital connectivity, is transforming transport through travel planning apps and digital maps and fuelling advances in machine learning, enabling self-driving vehicles and predictive analytics. Policy development and delivery can also be further improved by better access to and use of data. The full benefits will only be realised when we address the range of barriers which prevent the better discovery/accessibility and sharing and use of data. Department for Transport is developing its approach to how the department and the wider transport sector can be supported to make better use of data by addressing these barriers. This opening keynote, from the Head of DfT’s Analytics and Data Division (and Head of Profession for Statistics), will outline progress to date, and will feed in ideas from our audience afterwards as DfT continues to iterate their approach. Ian will cover the known barriers to better access and use of data, and the development of a transport data strategy and action plan which will help to address these obstacles and enable even better transport outcomes. His presentation will also show some of the actions that are already underway.

“Towards an Inclusive Zero Carbon Transport System – Developing the Future West Midlands Transport Strategy” – This keynote from TfWM’s Transport Strategy and Place Manager will consider:
• The implications of the climate emergency, current targets and current progress;
• The challenge climate change presents for our transport system;
• The policy responses likely to be required;
• The role of technology, innovation and future mobility in the transport policy response.

“Smart Connectivity and Mobility for Inclusive and Sustainable Cities” – This closing keynote from Leicester City Council’s Smart City Programme lead will address:
• The aims of the Smart Leicester Strategy;
• The connectivity challenges that cities face;
• The role of digital infrastructure and data in smart transport;
• The lived experience of smart mobility.

“Journey Time Monitoring is Evolving – Find out how!” – Knowing what is happening on the road network, both locally and nationally, at any given moment is a constant challenge. As is understanding peak traffic flow or the performance of congestion reducing schemes. But innovative changes to the way we can gather road user data for journey time monitoring means road operators can now monitor their network quickly and economically. This presentation from Clearview Intelligence, including case studies, will show how crowdsourced data is changing the way in which we monitor our roads, empowering road operators to manage live situations and improve the experience for road users.

“Dynamic Demand Responsive Transport (DRT) – Best Practices in Shared Mobility for Lower Density Areas” – Public transit can be a challenge where demand is scarce. Dynamic Demand Responsive Transport streamlines mass-transit systems by matching service levels more closely to that demand. Lowering operational costs, easier access to transportation, reducing environmental impacts: when territories need to address some of these challenges, an intelligent DRT solution can provide the answer. This presentation from Padam Mobility will demonstrate how it has drastically improved the situation in territories at various stages of deployment.

“How to Effectively Manage and Improve Clean Air Scenarios through Enforcement” – A recent UN pollution report found that air in 44 UK cities and towns is too dangerous to breathe and estimated over 40,000 premature deaths per year from road polluted air. Imperial and Videalert demonstrate that the move towards managing air quality scenarios such as outside schools and on red routes needn’t be a giant leap into the unknown and can be achieved by simply utilising proven technologies in a way that will make a very real difference to the quality of life in our cities and towns.

“Future Mobility Strategies: Better Data, Behaviour Change and Better Insight” – This presentation from BetterPoints will reflect on current practices and trends, and why we must adopt new strategies to leverage digital technology to:
• Get a better understanding of how people really move around cities;
• Apply a wide range of behaviour change techniques to city population levels;
• Gain insight from travel and behaviour data to improve decision making and planning.
These points will be presented against a backdrop of personal and workplace travel planning, mode-shift campaigns, MaaS, and transport planning.

TRANSPORT Smart Class, Scotland 2020

On 10th September 2020 we will be casting a spotlight over Scotland, hosting our speakers discussions on how the latest digital innovations can help overcome the transport and mobility challenges faced by the city-regions of Glasgow & Clyde Valley, Edinburgh & South East Scotland, Stirling, Tay, Aberdeen, Inverness & Highlands, and beyond.